Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship

The Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships of Poland, located in northern Poland on the border with Russia's Kaliningrad Oblast. Its capital is Olsztyn (Holstin), and has a population of 1,427,091 people.

History
Created in 1999 after a reform in Poland's government, the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship was centered around the city of Olsztyn. With 1,427,091 people, it gained lands from Germany's former province of East Prussia after World War II and borders Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast.